Ice Storm and Winter Wonderland Closing date

darkfiresss · January 2014

Hi,

I'm wondering if you guys are going to consider possibly extending the winter closing date for all the people who were affected by the Ice Storm? 500,000 people in Ontario plus many others in US and Canada had no power for up to 7-12 days including myself... I didn't even have power on christmas

and to top it off there has been several days where the lag on the game has made it impossible to complete the ice race... like today

I'm going to end up missing getting my ship by a few days...

Thank you and happy new year

blevok · January 2014

Short answer: yes, with an if... Long answer: no, with a but...

blevok · January 2014

sorry, the real answer is... probon't

starkaos · January 2014

Considering that the Winter Event will last for 42 days, then there is no reason for something like this. The last date someone could start this to get the ship this month and do it once a day is December 22.

darkfiresss · January 2014

Did they not extend it last year for people who were caught in the storm?

starkaos · January 2014

Winter event ended on Jan 14, 2013 so we actually get a few days extra this event.

darkfiresss · January 2014

Starkaos,

42 days, it takes 25 days to get ship. That leaves 17 days. 8.5 of those I had no power (but I consider myself lucky because some people waited 12 days for power to be restored), and I've had 5 days so far where the lag made it unplayable, and I also work so there are some days that I can't play at all.

If I hadn't lost power for that long, it wouldn't have been a problem.

azurianstar · January 2014

darkfiresss wrote: »

Did they not extend it last year for people who were caught in the storm?

No, they extended last year because of a glitch with the servers.

So unless this cold snap knocks out the server in Boston (where the STO servers are) or the routers that connect to the server, they aren't likely to extend the event.

aloishammer · January 2014

darkfiresss wrote: »

Did they not extend it last year for people who were caught in the storm?

Nope. They extended it, yes. But the storm had nothing to do with why they did it.

And so far, it looks like the plan is for this one to end as previously scheduled:

http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=976441

pwebranflakes wrote: »

Hi Captains!

I am organizing an in-game (Holodeck) Community Party at Q's Winter Wonderland for this coming Friday -- since the event is going to be ending next week, I thought we should all get together one last time to participate in the various events and form groups to take down the Snowman Overlord and run Winter Invasion.

starkaos · January 2014

darkfiresss wrote: »

Starkaos,

42 days, it takes 25 days to get ship. That leaves 17 days. 8.5 of those I had no power (but I consider myself lucky because some people waited 12 days for power to be restored), and I've had 5 days so far where the lag made it unplayable, and I also work so there are some days that I can't play at all.

If I hadn't lost power for that long, it wouldn't have been a problem.

17 additional days to get the ship. That is enough for someone to go on a 2 week vacation for the holidays and still get the ship. Currently trying for both Breen ships on my Romulan. Won't get the Cruiser, but I will be about 1 week away from getting it. So I will get it next winter as well as whatever new ship they introduce next winter. The ships are not going to disappear next winter and you will still keep your progress if you are not able to finish this month. If someone needs to get it now, then there is always getting it with Lobi.

captainrevo1 · January 2014

Considering its a global game, you can probably find a natural disaster/ severe weather going on at almost any point. i doubt they will extend the event, which was already pretty long to begin with to account for an act of nature unless it affects their servers.

you can always make the shortfall up with lobi. expensive but that's a reason why its there.

eazzie · January 2014

I was without net access for 10 days at the start of the Winter Event. I managed to get my Plesh last Friday so I satill had enough time even with starting late, I would be confident in say (like others) that no it won't be extended.

bobbydazlers · January 2014

the holiday period is always a bit tight for being able to keep to a schedule of any kind especially on line gaming, with family commitments and social events to attend there is never enough time for the most important things let alone getting any free time to ones self.
this is after all supposed to be the season of good will (no it didn't end on jan 2nd) and I cant seen any harm in allowing the winter special to run for another week and it will be of very little cost if any to cryptic.
there has been a great deal of loss all over this period some of it irreplaceable due to the bad weather more so then any other year and though some may have been unaffected by it there have been many who have been effected in varying degrees and I feel deeply for anyone who has suffered a loss of any kind.
having said that I doubt that you will get this particular belated Christmas wish granted.

mirrorchaos · January 2014

so some people got caught in a bit of weather like some have out here in the UK. thats a minority of people, but the majority would love to exploit any further days added to an already month and half long journey as it is. unfortunate things happen and some of it just outside control, doesnt mean cryptic is responsible for it by giving more days.

bobbydazlers · January 2014

mirrorchaos wrote: »

so some people got caught in a bit of weather like some have out here in the UK. thats a minority of people, but the majority would love to exploit any further days added to an already month and half long journey as it is. unfortunate things happen and some of it just outside control, doesnt mean cryptic is responsible for it by giving more days.

if you define what's being called the coldest weather in years that is being blamed for at least 16 deaths and left more than 500000 homes in the usa without power and in the uk Thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes and two people have been killed after a powerful Atlantic storm hit as "a bit of weather" that's effected "a minority of people" fine.
and nobody's saying cryptic is responsible but it would not cost them anything to be a little charitable in this instance.
so if the majority exploit any further days and might end up getting two free ships instead of one I say big deal they won`t be getting anything that wasn't on offer anyway.

aloishammer · January 2014

bobbydazlers wrote: »

and nobody's saying cryptic is responsible but it would not cost them anything to be a little charitable in this instance.

But here's the thing- the length of this year's Winter Wonderland is the same as last year's ended up being. As in, seeing what happened last year, they took the "we extended the 2012 event to [date]" and used that as the "planned all along" end date.

The "hardship extension" was built in all along. The question here is do we say "enough is enough," or keep throwing on extensions for every inconvenience to any group until the event's duration eventually becomes 365 days a year?

bobbydazlers · January 2014

aloishammer wrote: »

But here's the thing- the length of this year's Winter Wonderland is the same as last year's ended up being. As in, seeing what happened last year, they took the "we extended the 2012 event to [date]" and used that as the "planned all along" end date.

The "hardship extension" was built in all along. The question here is do we say "enough is enough," or keep throwing on extensions for every inconvenience to any group until the event's duration eventually becomes 365 days a year?

as far as I am aware the extra time given this year was not a hardship extension but to enable players by playing every 20hrs to get both ships that were on offer.
now due to the weather some players might not even be able to get one ship without just a few extra days but I am sure their inconvenience will not effect you as I very much doubt it will happen anyway so you should not worry too much about it.

vegeta50024 · January 2014

to the OP worried about the players caught in the ice storm: It's very likely that they'll decide to keep the Chel Grett and Plesh Brek as rewards, along with a new ship. All someone has to do is slot the ship project and they'll still have it for the next year.

The Pictures of Q were last year's introduction and they brought them back this year, so it's clear that they want to keep things going like they have it now, so I don't see them changing currency on us anytime soon. Therefore, someone can save the pictures up for use next year.

sigil000 · January 2014

So not only are there hundreds of players like myself, stymied by lag, rubberbanding and disconnects suffered and fallen behind due to the game being unplayable more often than not, but now thousunds of users victims of extreme weather. If PWE felt they lacked justification for extending the event before, i'd say they have it now.

aloishammer · January 2014

bobbydazlers wrote: »

as far as I am aware the extra time given this year was not a hardship extension but to enable players by playing every 20hrs to get both ships that were on offer.

You think so?

Event = 42 days

42 days = 1008 hours

1008 hours / 20 hours = 50.4 times you can squeeze in the race.

(Assuming the servers are never taken down for maintenance. Knock out a couple of hours per week for that, and you can pretty much forget doing both ships in one event without spending Lobi since missing just one 20 hour cooldown cycle means you're hosed.)

I'm sticking with "Time for one, plus adding the inevitable extensions in rather than tacking them on later."

Ice Storm and Winter Wonderland Closing date

Comments

When I think about everything we've been through together,

maybe it's not the destination that matters, maybe it's the journey,

and if that journey takes a little longer,

so we can do something we all believe in,

I can't think of any place I'd rather be or any people I'd rather be with.

When I think about everything we've been through together,

maybe it's not the destination that matters, maybe it's the journey,

and if that journey takes a little longer,

so we can do something we all believe in,

I can't think of any place I'd rather be or any people I'd rather be with.

When I think about everything we've been through together,

maybe it's not the destination that matters, maybe it's the journey,

and if that journey takes a little longer,

so we can do something we all believe in,

I can't think of any place I'd rather be or any people I'd rather be with.